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Garrotxa Natural Park
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Natural park of half mountain located in the county of Gerona, to the northeast of Catalonia, concretely in the district of Garrotxa. It has a surface of 13000Ha with 26 natural reserves (like the Fageda d'en Jordŕ and Croscat Volcano) that occupy a total of 980Ha. Natural reserves are protected due to their botanical and geologic interest.
The Park contains the volcanic and rather conserved best landscape in the Iberian peninsula, with more than 40 inactive, but not extinguished volcanos and with more than 20 mass of basaltic lava.The last eruptive episode took place about 11500 years ago and almost all the volcanos originated starting from an only eruption that could have lasted from days until weeks. The explosive most habitual activity was the projection of volcanic bombs from materials accumulated around the chimney that formed the volcanic cone. The pyroclastic and the lava flow that the volcanos emitted occupied the furrows of the rivers and they helped to make more fertile the plains and the valleys were they crossed.
Most of the volcanos were created in two eruptive phases, the first caused by the materials that were deposited and the second due to the lava flow that deteriorate the volcanic cones giving them horseshoe form in some cases. The climate, the floor and the location provides a varied flora with more than 1000 varieties of plants with flower, forests of evergreen oaks, beech groves, oaks and more than 250 species of animals.
You can travel the park making short walks of half hour until long trips of an entire day. The journeys are well signalled and there are points of information in the most outstanding places in the park.
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Saint Iscle route
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Cross section of route Saint Iscle valley 
Location Garrotxa National Park
Departure Point Sant Feliu de Pallerols
Arrival Point Sant Feliu de Pallerols
Distance 17Km (roundtrip)
Approximate time 5h
Maximum height Fontpobra Volcano - 850m
Unevenness 368m Cumulative Unevenness 930m
Difficulty Middle
Suitable time All year
Notes of interest This route can be done on foot or in bicycle, there are some fountains on the road as well as mountain refuges where you can enjoy the landscape. This route can be done on foot or by bicycle, there are several fountains on the road and several castles (Castle Colltort, Castle Puig Alder ) and churches and some volcanoes like Can Tia, the Tuta, Fontpobra, Traité.
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Jorda's Beech and Volcanos Route
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Cross section of the Jorda's Beech and volcanos Route 
Location Garrotxa Natural Park
Departure Point Can Serra (Jorda's Beech)
Arrival Point Can Serra (Jorda's Beech)
Distance 11Km (roundtrip)
Approximate time 4h30m
Maximum height Volcano Santa Margarida - 700m Unevenness 150m
Difficulty Low
Suitable time All year
Notes of interest Route to do with family to enjoy the famous volcanos of the Garrotxa Natural Park. There are alternative routes, all of them very well signalized.
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